Crime Rate in Mile Cross, ward

Mile Cross has the 3rd highest crime rate of 13 wards in Norwich district and the 1271st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 97th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mile Cross in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% lower than the Norwich district average (130.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mile Cross’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 559 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 31.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 671 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mile Cross ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Boot Binders Road, with 51 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bignold Road (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.